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Harris 1984 (September) Business-Week Survey, Study No. 842112, Voters

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POLLUTIN

Now I want to ask you about some highlights of President Reagan's record in the White House. If you have to say, would you say that policy has been a failure or success. -Enforcement and strengthening of controls on air and water pollution and toxic waste.

	1) Failure
	2) Success
	3) Neither
	4) Not sure

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Failure	669	50.6%	50.6%	-.78
Success	437	33.1%	83.7%	.21
Neither	41	3.1%	86.8%	1.2
Not sure	174	13.2%	100%	2.19

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Failure	53.1% 172	46.0% 178	51.4% 183	53.5% 136	50.6% 669
Success	31.2% 101	37.0% 143	33.7% 120	28.7% 73	33.1% 437
Neither	3.1% 10	3.9% 15	2.2% 8	3.1% 8	3.1% 41
Not sure	12.7% 41	13.2% 51	12.6% 45	14.6% 37	13.2% 174
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 387	100.0% 356	100.0% 254	1321

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Failure	52.3% 79	51.8% 162	53.0% 142	48.6% 189	48.5% 97	50.6% 669
Success	36.4% 55	31.6% 99	34.7% 93	33.9% 132	29.0% 58	33.1% 437
Neither	0.7% 1	2.9% 9	1.9% 5	2.8% 11	7.5% 15	3.1% 41
Not sure	10.6% 16	13.7% 43	10.4% 28	14.7% 57	15.0% 30	13.2% 174
TOTAL	100.0% 151	100.0% 313	100.0% 268	100.0% 389	100.0% 200	1321

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Failure	48.1% 386	52.8% 188	66.7% 30	64.1% 25	55.7% 34	50.8% 663
Success	36.0% 289	32.6% 116	13.3% 6	10.3% 4	27.9% 17	33.1% 432
Neither	3.0% 24	2.8% 10	0.0% 0	5.1% 2	6.6% 4	3.1% 40
Not sure	13.0% 104	11.8% 42	20.0% 9	20.5% 8	9.8% 6	13.0% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 803	100.0% 356	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1304

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Failure	49.8% 149	52.1% 302	51.9% 109	51.6% 79	38.6% 27	50.8% 666
Success	31.8% 95	32.2% 187	38.6% 81	36.6% 56	24.3% 17	33.2% 436
Neither	3.3% 10	3.6% 21	1.0% 2	1.3% 2	8.6% 6	3.1% 41
Not sure	15.1% 45	12.1% 70	8.6% 18	10.5% 16	28.6% 20	12.9% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 580	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 70	1312

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Failure	55.7% 344	46.2% 325	50.6% 669
Success	32.5% 201	33.6% 236	33.1% 437
Neither	3.6% 22	2.7% 19	3.1% 41
Not sure	8.3% 51	17.5% 123	13.2% 174
TOTAL	100.0% 618	100.0% 703	1321

Education (I-EDUCTION)

	Less than high school (grades 1-11)	High school graduate (grade 12)	Some college (grades 13-15)	College graduate (grade 16)	Postgraduate (grades 17 and over)	TOTAL
Failure	49.6% 68	44.4% 183	49.9% 170	54.3% 146	63.0% 102	50.6% 669
Success	29.9% 41	35.9% 148	36.1% 123	32.3% 87	23.5% 38	33.1% 437
Neither	5.1% 7	2.9% 12	2.3% 8	2.6% 7	4.3% 7	3.1% 41
Not sure	15.3% 21	16.7% 69	11.7% 40	10.8% 29	9.3% 15	13.2% 174
TOTAL	100.0% 137	100.0% 412	100.0% 341	100.0% 269	100.0% 162	1321

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Failure	49.0% 581	67.7% 65	66.7% 6	50.0% 4	57.9% 11	50.6% 667
Success	34.3% 407	18.8% 18	22.2% 2	50.0% 4	26.3% 5	33.1% 436
Neither	3.0% 36	2.1% 2	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	10.5% 2	3.1% 41
Not sure	13.7% 162	11.5% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	13.2% 174
TOTAL	100.0% 1186	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1318